Date:	Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:28:03 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Announce - kernel driver compatibility toolkit

A -PRELIMINARY RELEASE- of the kernel compatibility layer I wrote is now
available at

	http://gtf.org/garzik/drivers/kcompat24/

In the tarball are two files, kcompat24.c and kcompat24.h.  These
modules are designed to allow easier backporting of 2.3.x/2.4 drivers to
older kernels.  Currently only 2.2.x is supported, and the module is not
well tested at all yet.

Before this module reaches the "1.0.0" version, several drivers from
2.3.x will be backported as a test of the module.  Also, Ted T'so,
Donald Becker, and Olaf Titz (?) all have written code to make moving
drivers across kernel versions easier.  A lot of their ideas and hard
work, such as nailing down the specific version number for a kernel API
change, will eventually be folded into kcompat24 as time goes on.

Corrections, comments and patches to kcompat24 are welcome.

	Jeff





-- 
Jeff Garzik              | Nothing cures insomnia like the
Building 1024            | realization that it's time to get up.
MandrakeSoft, Inc.       |        -- random fortune

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